Nationality: United StatesExecutive summary: Congressman from New York, 1999-2011

On the staff of Chuck Schumer, 1985-91, after which he was elected to New York City Council at age 27. As Schumer ran for US Senate, Weiner ran for (with Schumer's endorsement) and was elected to US House in 1998, where he served as a Democratic moderate/liberal until 2011. He resigned in scandal after admitting he had exchanged photos and text messages "of an explicit nature" with several women who were not his wife.